White Rose Society

By Alex White

- 2 minutes read - 309 words
A short solo game of nonviolent resistance to nazis from within Germany in WW2.

Imagine you seem powerless in a society built on evil

This game is inspired by White Rose, a non-violent, intellectual student resistance group in Nazi Germany at the University of Munich in 1942. The core was five students, including Hans and Sophie Scholl.

The group conducted an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign that called for active opposition to the Nazi regime.

Many others were involved in distribution and other means of helping.

They were caught and executed in February 1943

This is a short solo game to commemorate those brave students from Munich who started a non-violent leaflet and graffiti campaign to call for resistance to the nazi regime from their fellow citizens.

What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did -- From Sophie Scholl in the courtroom

How to play

You will need a deck of cards. You draw one card at a time, with red cards giving you a chance to think about positive outcomes and black cards for negative outcomes.

Two red face cards will allow you to end the game successfully, by setting up another network in another city.

Black face cards can undo your good work though, and two of them will result in you being captured and executed as traitors.

The game is a reminder that no matter how horrible the regime, it is possible to choose to stand up and take some action.

I knew what I took upon myself and I was prepared to lose my life by so doing - from the interrogation of Hans Scholl.

Further reading

Format

The game download is available in A4 and US Letter format, and includes instructions on how to fold it into a little A7 sized booklet for playing the game.